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A bill to require the disclosure of certain visitor access records.

USA115th CongressS-721| Senate 
| Updated: 3/23/2017
Tom Udall

Tom Udall

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (5)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act or the MAR-A-LAGO Act This bill directs the President to establish and update, every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains records of: the name of each visitor at the White House, residence of the Vice-President, or any other location at which the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business (covered location); the name of each individual with whom the visitor met at the covered location; and the purpose of the visit. The President shall not include in the database any such record: (1) the posting of which would implicate personal privacy or law enforcement concerns or threaten national security, or (2) relating to a purely personal guest at a covered location. For a particularly sensitive meeting, the President shall: (1) include in the database the number of visitors at the covered location, and (2) post the applicable records in the database when their release is no longer sensitive.
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Timeline
Mar 23, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-1711
Introduced in House
Mar 23, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 23, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • March 23, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-1711
    Introduced in House


  • March 23, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 23, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • HR 115-1711: To require the disclosure of certain visitor access records.
  • S 115-1880: A bill to reform our government, reduce the grip of special interest, and return our democracy to the American people by increasing transparency and oversight of our elections and government, reforming public financing for Presidential and Congressional elections, and requiring States to conduct Congressional redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes.
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A bill to require the disclosure of certain visitor access records.

USA115th CongressS-721| Senate 
| Updated: 3/23/2017
Making Access Records Available to Lead American Government Openness Act or the MAR-A-LAGO Act This bill directs the President to establish and update, every 90 days, a publicly available database that contains records of: the name of each visitor at the White House, residence of the Vice-President, or any other location at which the President or Vice President regularly conducts official business (covered location); the name of each individual with whom the visitor met at the covered location; and the purpose of the visit. The President shall not include in the database any such record: (1) the posting of which would implicate personal privacy or law enforcement concerns or threaten national security, or (2) relating to a purely personal guest at a covered location. For a particularly sensitive meeting, the President shall: (1) include in the database the number of visitors at the covered location, and (2) post the applicable records in the database when their release is no longer sensitive.
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Timeline
Mar 23, 2017

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 115-1711
Introduced in House
Mar 23, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Mar 23, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • March 23, 2017

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 115-1711
    Introduced in House


  • March 23, 2017
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 23, 2017
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Tom Udall

Tom Udall

Democratic Senator

New Mexico

Cosponsors (5)
Mazie K. Hirono (Democratic)Jack Reed (Democratic)Thomas R. Carper (Democratic)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Ron Wyden (Democratic)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Government Operations and Politics

Related Bills

  • HR 115-1711: To require the disclosure of certain visitor access records.
  • S 115-1880: A bill to reform our government, reduce the grip of special interest, and return our democracy to the American people by increasing transparency and oversight of our elections and government, reforming public financing for Presidential and Congressional elections, and requiring States to conduct Congressional redistricting through independent commissions, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Government buildings, facilities, and propertyGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesPresidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents